In order to safeguard against these geometry effects, fracture toughness testing standards prescribe the use of highly constrained deep cracked bend specimens having a sufficient size to guarantee conservative fracture toughness values.
Seventyone of 83 specimens had a sufficient number of cells to permit growth in culture and 57 of 71 (80%) were evaluable for drug response.
For quantitative RT-PCR, we chose the six most promising FFPE and corresponding HOPE and fresh-frozen specimens, having a sufficient amount of RNA and a high integrity value.
In the 1/3 ctrA-negative, sodC-positive specimen that had a sufficient amount of extraction volume remaining, MLST confirmed the presence of meningococcal DNA (ST-823, cc198).
To be eligible for our study (Table 1), women had to have completed the enrollment interview before delivery and donated a second or third trimester blood specimen, for which a sufficient volume of serum still remained.
Despite the fact that mesenchymal stromal cells represent a good in vitro tool to clarify the mechanisms underlying IVD degeneration, their use in cell therapy for spinal disorders remains unknown, mainly due to difficulty obtaining normal IVD tissue specimens as well as a sufficient number of cells required for therapy.
LightPath is able to assist clinicians immediately, in the operating room, to assess the excised specimen and ensure that a sufficient amount of tissue has been removed.
VACB allows the operator to obtain a sufficient specimen with a single insertion to provide for a more accurate diagnosis.
Six other patients demonstrated durable progression-free intervals (≥ 6 months) with EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors, but their EGFR mutation status could not be assessed for lack of a sufficient specimen.
Once the endoscope is inserted safely along the CT-guided catheter, percutaneous endoscopic surgery can be performed safely to carry out radical debridement or obtain a sufficient specimen culture, and a large-diameter drainage tube can be left in the infected level.
